SDDAS Install

*Please read our notes on installation before installing SDDAS.

1. Download the appropriate file for the platform you are using.

Sun Solaris SDDAS-Solaris.sh
Intel FreeBSD SDDAS-FreeBSD.sh
Intel Linux SDDAS-Linux.bin
Microsoft Windows SDDAS-Windows.exe
Apple Mac-OS X SDDAS-MacOSX.dmg.gz


2. Run the program you just downloaded.

Sun Solaris Make the SDDAS-Solaris.sh executable by doing a "chmod 755 SDDAS-Solaris.sh" on the file you downloaded. After that, type in "./SDDAS-Solaris.sh" from the command line.
Intel FreeBSD Make the SDDAS-FreeBSD.bin executable by doing a "chmod 755 SDDAS-FreeBSD.sh" on the file you downloaded. After that, type in "./SDDAS-FreeBSD.sh" from the command line.
Intel Linux Make the SDDAS-Linux.bin executable by doing a "chmod 755 SDDAS-Linux.bin" on the file you downloaded. After that, type in "./SDDAS-Linux.bin" from the command line.
Microsoft Windows Double click on the SDDAS-Windows.exe. An icon will be installed on the Desktop when it has completed if you allow the installer to do so. The installer will also put a menu item in the Start Menu if allowed.
Apple Mac-OS X The disk image will mount and a set of icons will appear in the finder window. Double click the "Install SDDAS" icon and it will install SDDAS on your hard disk. Drag the SDDAS icon to the Applications folder of your hard disk.
NOTE: After you run the setup program, a window will come up to guide you through the install procedure. A Flash movie is available if you need more guidance on installing SDDAS. Watch it!

Download Flash


3. Start SDDAS!

Sun Solaris, Intel Linux, Intel FreeBSD Change to the directory where you installed SDDAS and in the bin directory, you will need to run "sdcontrol &". We recommend creating an alias to this program.
Microsoft Windows Double click on the SDDAS icon or navigate through your Start menu to run SDDAS. You must install Cygwin before running SDDAS. Furthermore, you must have an X-server loaded before many of the programs will run. To start X with Cygwin, type in "startxwin.bat" from a Cygwin window. You must also install Lesstif with the Cygwin setup utility.
Apple Mac-OS X Drag the SDDAS icon from Applications Folder to your Dock or double click the SDDAS icon from Finder.

From the command line, you can start SDDAS by changing to the directory where you installed SDDAS and in the bin directory, run "sdcontrol &". We recommend creating an alias to this program or a desktop shortcut to this program.



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